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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

感かん性せい

kansei

sensibility

Example sentences

  1. 少女しょうじょの鋭するどい感性かんせいに触ふれている。

    I am touched by the girl’s acute sensitivity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 西園寺さいおんじのような感性かんせいをもった政治家せいじかを他たに見出みいだすことは難むずかしい。

    Indeed, it is difficult to find another politician with a sensibility like Saionji’s.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ただし、その製法せいほうおよび感性かんせいは菓子店かしてん、職人しょくにんによって千差万別せんさばんべつであり、微妙びみょうな違ちがいがそれぞれの個性こせいになっている。

    However, the technique and sense of manufacture depend on each confectioner and shop, and the sensitive differences show their originality.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 感性

  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン
  • 性sex; genderOnセイ・ショウKunさが

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